Charles Meryon

1854

Félix Bracquemond

Associated Names
Félix Bracquemond

Artist, French, 1833 - 1914

The image features a close-up side profile of a man's face illustrated on what seems to be a coin or medallion. The man is depicted in profile, facing to the right. His facial features include a distinct nose, slightly open mouth, beard connecting to his hair, wavy and curly hair, and a visible ear. The man has medium-length hair. Beside his face, the words "CH. METOME" are etched vertically. The background is plain to emphasize the profile. At the bottom, there are artistic text and engraver's marks, including the artist's initials "B", "C.M.", and location details.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in brown-black and red on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 10.7 x 8.8 cm (4 3/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 46.1 x 30.5 cm (18 1/8 x 12 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2101

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Beraldi, no. 78, State ii/iii (?)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia; gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1971

  • Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection of the National Gallery, tour organized by the Illinois Art Council, 1971-1972.

Bibliography

1885

  • Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris, 1885-1892: Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1885-1892.

1987

  • Bouillon, Jean-Paul. Félix Bracquemond, Le Réalisme Absolu: oeuvre gravé 1849-1859, catalogue raisonné, Geneva: Skira, 1987.

Inscriptions

along left side of medallion in plate: CH. MERYON; lower left in plate in red ink: B (underlined) / a / C.M. [Bracquemond to Charles Meryon]; lower center to lower right in plate: Imp. A. Delâtre. Rue No. St Etienne du Mont No 26.; bottom right, in graphite: Bracquemond Portrait de Ch Meryon - [indecipherable] / (E E 2535); verso, bottrom right, in graphite: 5094

Markings

verso, stamped in black ink: National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection (Lugt 1932d); stamped in black ink: [mark indecipherable]

Watermarks

fragment of shield

Wikidata ID

Q64955894

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